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fas-i-NAYSHUN/ˌfæsɪˈneɪʃn/

Fascination is a strong, holding interest: fascination with a method, a morbid fascination. Interest is everyday and thinner; obsession is stronger and often unhealthy; fascinating (already in the dictionary) is the adjective. Do not let a cover photograph outrank an empty n cell.

Meaning

Very strong interest that holds your attention.

Examples

• “Fascination with the cover photograph does not fill the n cell.”
• “Interest is everyday. Curiosity is lighter. Obsession crowds out duty. Design is presentation. The count is the finding. Look at the picture after the cell is filled, not instead.”

Good to know

Intense interest. Everyday: interest. Adjective: fascinating (already in the dictionary). Stronger: obsession. A photo is not an n.

Near in meaning

interest

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